Analysis of attitude towards black as a dress code among muslim female students of SEUSL

Abstract

South Eastern University of SriLanka is the university with the highest percentage of Muslim students among the state universities in SriLanka. Among them female students being the majority play a vital role influencing the culture of the university? Accordingly the black dress code can be widely witnessed among the Muslim female students of SEUSL. Being in the hot zone and in a multi-ethnic society the tradition of black dress code paves way to social, psychological and health effects. Since there is a need to analyze this prevailing condition and this study analyses the attitude towards black as a dress code among the Muslim female students. The objective of this research is to analyse the attitude of the target group regarding this tradition and to recommend appropriate solutions to resolve this issue. This research is based on descriptive analysis using quantitative and qualitative approach. Data were collected primarily through questionnaires, interview and discussions. Information and statistics of students' population in the university had been used as secondary data. Sample of 45 Muslim female students were selected from the population in this research. Further the blind tradition of following the senior students, reluctant to get highlighted among the large crowd of students wearing black and certain misconceptions towards the Islamic perspective on clothing for women are deemed to be the reasons for the prevailing condition. Meantime creating an awareness regarding the effects and motivating the target group towards a healthier and pleasant change can be recommended as the solution for this particular issue.